Font scaling based on width of container

Question

I\'m having a hard time getting my head around font scaling.

I currently have a website with a body font-size of 100%. 100% of what though? This seems t

Answer 1

For dynamic text, this plugin is quite useful:

http://freqdec.github.io/slabText/

Simply add CSS:

.slabtexted .slabtext
{
    display: -moz-inline-box;
    display: inline-block;
    white-space: nowrap;
}
.slabtextinactive .slabtext
{
    display: inline;
    white-space: normal;
    font-size: 1em !important;
    letter-spacing: inherit !important;
    word-spacing: inherit !important;
    *letter-spacing: normal !important;
    *word-spacing: normal !important;
}
.slabtextdone .slabtext
{
    display: block;
}

And the script:

$('#mydiv').slabText();